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it all depends on how should it dark it should be. for example adding drug referances and an over use of gun violence and having a bullet actually hit someone would be too dark. doing something like having a shadow pokemon arc and having them attack people VIOLENTLY would probably be pushing it but at the same time it would be doable depending how much they do it.

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It doesn't need to be "dark" but the stories and plot could use more weight and substance to them (like in the movies but on the small screen). Whether it's for kids or not isn't the problem regarding that.

Well all I really care about in an anime is haw good the overall story, writing, and characters are but as the BW series is now it should def 100% be more dark.
Like for example make an episode where 2 groups of pokemon are fighting over territory or food. Or make a group actually steal someones pokemon and then Ash and co could after 10-20 episodes encounter they again and take it back(Like in Black/White 2 with purloin)
And of course making some pokemon actually get mad after they lose a battle every once in a while like with buizel and maybe later attack the pokemon they lost to out of battle?
There are many ways to make the show better and still make it child friendly by throwing in a few lessons along the way. But right now the writers just care about 3 things:
1. How much money they will make from the show
2. How little it will cost to make the show
3. What to spend they money on while we are here complaining on random forums

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Definitely DP dark is fine. I was disappointed when BW was so... Not sure, immature? Stuff like Cyrus and Hunter J are good, and there were many scenes where the trio gets hit by Pokemon attacks from the villain.

sad thing is, the original plan for the anime was for it to be like the manga, but now it's just a bussiness.
The could easily make it into a serious and more dark-toned anime, & it would be a huge imrovement... though all they care about is money & little kids are their main source.

Definitely DP dark is fine. I was disappointed when BW was so... Not sure, immature? Stuff like Cyrus and Hunter J are good, and there were many scenes where the trio gets hit by Pokemon attacks from the villain.

Yeah, years later. What I mean is, he wasn't punished for his ACTIONS, like Damien was.

How dark do you expect this show to get from what it already is? I was getting used to the darkness that came from Paul and Trip but that died when when got Bianca, Cilan and kotetsu.

Back to DP's darkness level at most. I don't necessarily think anime should be dark all the time, but during episodes where some evil team appears, or something very bad happens, it should be darker than it usually is in most of the evil team centered episodes.
I hope the N saga becomes the darkest season in Pokemon, though.